Ornge’s former director grilled on executive pay, history at for-profit firm

Ornge's former director grilled on executive pay, history at for-profit firm

TORONTO — A former executive at Ontario’s troubled air ambulance service says Premier Dalton McGuinty’s ex-chief of staff contacted the government on behalf of Ornge.

Jacob Blum testified before a legislative committee that Don Guy was asked by Alfred Apps, a lawyer who worked for Ornge, to arrange the meeting with government officials about Ornge’s consolidation on the provincial books.

Blum, who kept a journal of his work at Ornge, submitted notes that referred to a discussion in 2007 with Guy and Apps about setting up a meeting between Ornge and the health and finance ministries.